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of a hypocrite, God will send for him on the Resurrection Day an angel who will protect his flesh from Hell- fire . He said : There is no sin worse than two sin — (1) to set up partners with God and .
(2) to oppress God's servants. There is no virtue better than two virtue (1) to have faith in God and (2) and to do good to God's servants. The Prophet said : He whose mind is not moved with the sufferings of the Muslims, is not of them. The sage Ma'ruf Karkhi said : If one says everyday : O God, show mercy on the followers of Muhammad, God will include him in the class of Abdals. In another narration : If a man recites thrice everyday: O God, make the followers of Muhammad, good, O God, relieve the suffering of the followers of Muhammad God enrolls him as one of the Abdals.

(24) Call on the diseased . If a a Muslim falls ill, call on him and nurse him . The following rules must be observed when you go to see a patient. (1) Sit for a short while before the patient, ask him few questions, take information of his health with soft mind and pray for his recovery. The Prophet said : If a man goes to a patient and places his hand on his forehead or asks the condition of his disease his meeting with him becomes perfect.
Handshaking perfects your greeting. The Prophet said : He who meets with a patient, sits by the side of Paradise. When he return, he is entrusted with seventy thousand angels who pray for him up to night. He said : When a man goes to see a patient, he remains inmerged in mercy. When he sits by his bed, it becomes permanent. He said : When a Muslim goes to see his brother, a diseased Muslim or meets with him, God says Blessings on you, your steps, are good. He said : When a man falls ill , God sends to him two angels saying : Look what he says to the patient. When he comes to him and praises God, they carry it to God and prays to Him, God says . If I cause the death of this servant, I will admit him in Paradise. If I cure him, I will give him better flesh than this flesh, better blood than this blood and forgive his sins. The Prophet said : God gives disease to a man whom He loves. He said : The Prophet once came to see a patient and said : In the name of God, the most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, I give you from the evil which I see to the refuge of God, the Unique, free from want. He begets not, nor is He begotten and there is none like him. The Prophet said : Visit a patient every alternate day and treat modestly with him.

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(25) Join the funeral prayer of a Muslim. The Prophet said :
He who follows the bier will get a Qirat of virtue. If he waits uptoburial, he will get two Qirats of virture. The Prophet said :
One Qirat is like coins full of Uhud mountain. He said : Three things follow a dead man, two return and one does not return.
His relatives and wealth return, but his actions do not return.